All change as reformed NHL begins its new era

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IT IS doubtless the hope of the National Hockey League (NHL) that the absence of top-tier ice hockey in North America for the past year has made the hearts of supporters grow fonder.

After gaining the dubious distinction of becoming the first leading professional league in North America to lose an entire season to a labour dispute, the NHL is back today and hoping to regain the fans it lost during the year-long struggle between the clubs’ owners and players. What was characterised as a stand-off between millionaires and billionaires ended with the owners getting their way and imposing a